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package org.apache.carbondata.core.util;

import org.apache.carbondata.core.metadata.schema.table.column.CarbonColumn;

public interface DataTypeConverter {

  Object convertFromStringToDecimal(Object data);
  Object convertFromBigDecimalToDecimal(Object data);
  Object convertFromDecimalToBigDecimal(Object data);

  Object convertFromByteToUTF8String(byte[] data);
  byte[] convertFromByteToUTF8Bytes(byte[] data);
  byte[] convertFromStringToByte(Object data);
  Object convertFromStringToUTF8String(Object Data);

  Object wrapWithGenericArrayData(Object data);
  Object wrapWithGenericRow(Object[] fields);

  Object[] convertCarbonSchemaToSparkSchema(CarbonColumn[] carbonColumns);
}
